Flat histogram Monte Carlo simulations of triangulated fixed-connectivity surface models
arXiv:1006.2869 · doi:10.1007/s10955-010-0011-z
Abstract
Using the Wang-Landau flat histogram Monte Carlo (FHMC) simulation technique, we were able to study two types of triangulated spherical surface models in which the two-dimensional extrinsic curvature energy is assumed in the Hamiltonian. The Gaussian bond potential is also included in the Hamiltonian of the first model, but it is replaced by a hard-wall potential in the second model. The results presented in this paper are in good agreement with the results previously reported by our group. The transition of surface fluctuations and collapsing transition were studied using the canonical Metropolis Monte Carlo simulation technique and were found to be of the first-order. The results obtained in this paper also show that the FHMC technique can be successfully applied to triangulated surface models. It is non-trivial whether the technique is applicable or not to surface models because the simulations are performed on relatively large surfaces.
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